Commercial, Technology & Enterprise Transactions Counsel, Assistant Vice President

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe were 150000 colleagues striving to make a difference for every client organization and community we serve. We stand for our values building long-term relationships serving society and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the worlds most trusted financial group its part of our culture to put people first listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation speed and agility. This means investing in talent technologies and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

At MUFG we share a vision for our future we share our successes and we strive to bring out the best in each other in everything we do. MUFG is seeking a skilled and motivated attorney to join our dynamic legal team. The ideal candidate will have experience in-house advising on data privacy information security and intellectual property laws and regulations and/or technology contracting. This role requires excellent analytical skills an understanding of technology transactions and the ability to navigate complex legal environments and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. This attorney will be a member of MUFGs Enterprise Transactions Data & Technology and Information Security Legal team a unit within MUFGs Americas Legal Department which provides support to MUFGs U.S. operations and global business lines on a broad range of advisory and transactional matters. MUFG is as committed to your future as you are.

Key Responsibilities: The Enterprise Transactions Data & Technology and Information Security Legal Practice Group which is part of the Office of the General Counsel Regulatory and Governance provides legal coverage across all business units in the areas of Procurement Intellectual Property Cybersecurity Privacy Technology Transactions and Emerging Technologies. The position will provide counsel for some or all of the following depending on expertise. Other duties not listed below may be required and specific responsibilities may change over time:

Commercial Technology & Enterprise Transactions:

• Identify and assess risks related to compliance with laws and regulations applicable to the financial services industry including federal state and international laws regulations and guidance.

• Structure negotiate and draft a variety of software-as-a-service software licensing hardware procurement professional services and IT services agreements as well as a variety of other types of contracts/commercial arrangements.

• Become familiar with and provide legal advice related to MUFG business strategies and priorities and their implications on the enterprise.

• Liaise with stakeholders including Third Party Risk Management Procurement and Enterprise Information Security on a variety of issues related to privacy data security artificial intelligence and technology.

• Collaborate with colleagues in MUFGs other regional branches to coordinate efforts and optimize MUFGs global approach.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and must be compliant with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment.

• 1-5 years of experience gained while in law school or in-house at a public corporation law firm or financial services regulatory agency.

• Understanding of and experience in analyzing and applying federal state and international laws.

• Strong issue spotting risk assessment and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong interpersonal skill and ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and deadlines and ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Strong work ethic fast-learner and self-starter comfortable in a fast-paced environment ability to execute tasks in a timely manner and be responsive to internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of commercial awareness and to make sound judgment calls in a fast-moving business environment together with an ability to identify and manage contractual risk and to issue-spot and develop/execute strategies for addressing.

Preferred Skills

• In-house experience in the financial services or technology industry.

• Contract negotiation experience particularly for technology and licensing contracts.

• Project management experience.

• Experience drafting/reviewing privacy policies and notices and creating and advising on the administration of privacy and security compliance programs.

• Ability to ideate and interest in innovation particularly as it relates to legal department and inter-company activities and operations.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $125K - $169K depending on job-related knowledge skills experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits retirement plans educational assistance and training programs income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities paid maternity and parental bonding leave and paid vacation sick days and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (ii) the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin religion gender expression gender identity sex age ancestry marital status protected veteran and military status disability medical condition sexual orientation genetic information or any other status of an individual or that individuals associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal state or local law.